GRE Word List
BEMUSED
marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
The meaning of the word bemused is marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| compulsory | mandatory |